00:00Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 160 captured soldiers each in their latest prisoner swap
00:05since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion more than four years ago. Ukrainian President
00:10Vyldomir Zelenskyy announced the successful handover on social media, confirming that all 160
00:16released Ukrainian service members had been held in Russian captivity since 2022. Meanwhile,
00:23Russia's defense ministry confirmed that 160 of its servicemen had been safely returned from
00:28territory controlled by Kyiv, adding that the freed personnel were transferred to Belarus for medical care.
00:35Abu Dhabi played a consistent role in facilitating the swap, continuing its humanitarian mediation
00:40efforts after previously brokering a 205-person exchange in May and a 314-person deal back in
00:47February. These prisoner exchanges remain among the few areas of practical cooperation between
00:53Moscow and Kyiv, even as fighting intensifies across the front lines. The breakthrough comes as Kyiv
01:00escalates a 40-day long-range strike campaign against Russian logistics, keeping formal peace
01:05negotiations entirely stalled.
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